Catering Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Do you want to work as part of an innovative Catering Team within one of Europe's leading and the UK's best Cancer Care Centres?
We have a rare opportunity for you to join our inspirational catering team here at "the Christie" as a Catering Assistant within our Restaurant Team.
Encouraging healthier lifestyles, our Chefs are skilled in the art of transforming fresh, seasonal ingredients into nutritious home-cooked meals that place our patients, families, and colleagues "At the heart of what we do".
Do you have what it takes to provide excellent customer service, with a smile in a fast-paced environment?What will you be doing:
Serving meals and beverages in the Restaurant.
Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
Maintaining a clean and hygienic kitchen and dining area during and after services.
Ensuring all catering equipment is cleaned and ready for use.
Providing excellent customer service to patients, families, and colleagues.
Ensuring NHS Food Standards are adhered to.
Replenishing stocks and supplies in the kitchen and dining area as directed
Qualifications and Skills:
Must hold Food Hygiene Certificate L2
Experience in catering, kitchen, or a food service industry
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively within a team environment
Attention to detail and ability to multitask
Availability to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and public holidays
The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire.
You will be joining a fast-paced catering environment, working with people who have a real passion for food within a caring environment.
We are looking for a good all arounder, who is punctual, friendly, and approachable and who wants to work as part of an inspirational, award-winning team.
We would love to hear from you if you are a reliable team player, who has an eye for detail, with a high customer awareness, someone who can communicate with confidence and who takes pride in their role, whilst able to uphold the Christie values.
Band 2:
£22,383 - (£11.45ph) - pro rata
Full Time: 37.5 Hours per week - (5 days out of 7)
Shift Patterns within the hours of: 07:00 - 19:00.
Workplace pension
27 days annual leave per year - pro rata, rising to 29 days after 5 years' service - pro rata
Fun, friendly, and caring working environment
Unrivalled individual training and development with apprenticeship opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme
Blue Light Card - Discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc
Cycle to work scheme
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To provide a customer focused service to all patients, staff, and visitors
Provide information on menu items to patients, staff and visitors so ensure that the allergen content of the meals is clearly communicated to the customers.
Participate, as appropriate, with staff involvement groups for all aspects of quality.
Report any feedback from patients, staff and visitors regards meals or service to the supervisor or management
Must have thorough knowledge of customer service and experience of large-scale catering.
To undertake all Trust mandatory training courses and any other departmental training e.g., COSSH, HACCP, Allergen Training and Food Hygiene Level 2 training
Carry out all work procedures in accordance with the Food Safety Act and work within our Departmental HACCP procedure.
Ensure that you maintain due diligence records for evidence when carrying out checks for food temperatures and cleaning records that need to be recorded via the Monika system in line with HACCP Policy.
Have the ability to cope with increased workload at short notice and requests for out of hour's service as required.
To carry out general and specialised cleaning tasks in main kitchen or front of house areas.
Basic preparation of food and beverages as required.
Take up the patient food trolley up to the ward and serve patients meals on occasion.
Manual work covering, Catering stores as required.
Setting up of all pieces of equipment at the start of the working day e.g., coffee machines, toasting machine, grills and any other equipment located in the Front of House services.
Provide an excellent food and customer service to patients/staff/visitors in the Front Of House areas or on ward level
Ensure that all stan
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